The position of Lithuanian parties towards Poland in 1920-1926: from modus vivendi to permanent confrontation by Andrius Grodis

“…However, despite the hostility to Poland entrenched in society, the leaders of political parties who envisioned the greatest danger to the state's independence from Soviet Russia and Germany actively sought pacific means of resuming the historical capital of the state and for ways of friendly affiliation of interstate relations.  …”
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L’ouverture contrastée d’un front écologique dans la Russie post-soviétique : la ceinture verte de Fennoscandie by Ian Florin

“…This article shows how actors united under the banner of the Fennoscandian Green Belt (GBF) combined environmental discourse and international relations to influence nature conservation policy in post-Soviet Russia. Based on documentary research and nearly seventy interviews, it traces how the GBF concept motivated and justified the opening of an ecofrontier along the borders between Russia, Finland and Norway in the name of protecting a supposedly pristine nature preserved by Cold War access restrictions. …”
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Official Status As a Tool of Language Revival? A Study of the Language Laws in Russia’s Finno-Ugric Republics by Konstantin Zamyatin

“…This study explores the legal and institutional position of Finno-Ugric languages according to the language laws of the national republics in post-Soviet Russia. The aim is to understand whether the republican authorities intended to use the official designation of state language as a policy device with which to ensure the revival of titular languages. …”
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Military Aspects of the Lithuanian-Polish Conflict of 1918-1920 by Vytautas Lesčius

“…In the middle of June 1920, while the martial activity between Soviet Russia and Poland was tending to the disadvantage of the latter, the hope of getting back their capital Vilnius was ignited for the Lithuanians. …”
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THEORY OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS IN THE MIRROR OF CONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN INTERNATIONAL STUDIES by M. M. Lebedeva, M. V. Harkevich

“…The article deals with the evolution of Western theories of international relations in the postSoviet Russia, it analyzes the world view of Russian international scholars, as well as their reflection on the epistemological foundations of the probable Russian IR school. …”
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Attractiveness of Education in Russia: Achievements and Challenges by V. L. Petrov, V. F. Pugach

“…The paper considers an approach to assess the attractiveness of education in post-Soviet Russia. The authors present the findings of an analysis of the dynamics of population’s attitude to education in terms of verbal behavior indicators, such as opinions about purposes of saving and spending money on education depending on per capita income. …”
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Mass Higher Education in Russia: Features of Dynamics by V. F. Pugach

“…The article considers the massification of higher education in post-Soviet Russia and shows its special aspects against the background of the studentship history in our country from 1917 to 2017. …”
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Reaching for Epistemic Humility by Lyudmila Bryzzheva

“…I take the reader through formative experiences as an emerging scholar in Soviet Russia and then as an academic researcher with significant epistemic privilege in the United States. …”
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GENDER STRUCTURE OF HIGHER EDUCATION TEACHING STAFF IN RUSSIA by Victoria F. Pugach

“…The paper shows the gender structure of higher education teaching staff in the post-Soviet Russia, and draws the results of comparison with foreign countries. …”
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National interests in Russia’s foreign policy by V. P. Nazarov

“…The author conducts an in-depth examination of Russian perspectives on national interests during the 19th and early 20th centuries, as well as throughout the Soviet era, presenting an original periodization of conceptual approaches within Soviet Russia and the USSR. In addition to its historical inquiry, the article critically assesses the implications of national interests of contemporary Russia’s foreign policy. …”
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Aleksandr Bogdanov’s Sociology of the Arts by Biggart John

“…This article is based on works by Bogdanov, few of which have been re-published in post-Soviet Russia and most of which are not available in other languages. …”
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SOVIET PHILOSOPHICAL UNDERGROUND: PRACTICES OF SURVIVING by Natalia I. Kuznetsova

“…The author disputes the general thesis that there was no philosophy within the Soviet Russia. In 1960-1970s there appeared philosophical circles, informal leaders, the original research programmes and theoretical conceptions, and the most important - the genuine schools of philosophical thinking. …”
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Pretrial procedure for settlement of contractual disputes in the context of general issues of legal activity in commercial organizations by A.N. Varlamova

“…Data on the evolution of its legal-regulatory framework in post-Soviet Russia have been provided. The regulatory potential and economic efficiency have been studied. …”
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Lithuania's Attempts of the 1920 Summer to Recover its Lands Occupied by the Poles by Vytautas Lesčius

“…Under the peace treaty of July 12th, 1920, concluded with Soviet Russia, Lithuania was recognized as an independent and sovereign state, and its borders were delineated.   …”
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Adventurer in ranks of the secret services? To the biography of Pyotr Vasilyevich Glinko– Appin by D. I. Petin

“…In conclusion, it is emphasized that a foreign officer with an anti-Bolshevik past could not count on successful social adaptation in the conditions of Soviet Russia.…”
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The tragic route of Baron Tiesenhausen by S. A. Papkov

“…The Baron spent the rest of his life under the systematic control of the Stalinist secret services, and his personal tragedy was a typical expression of the fate of most «socially alien» people in Soviet Russia.…”
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New documents on the arrest of family of General N. N. Stogov in 1919 by A. V. Ganin

“…The publication touches upon the issue of political and social embedding in the conditions of Soviet Russia of representatives of the former generals and the General Staff of the Russian Imperial Army and members of their families, which is relevant in modern Russian historiography. …”
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Collector and philatelic press in the RSFSR/USSR during the first half of the 1920s: From pluralism to monopolism by A.V. Yakub, N.V. Yakub

“…This paper considers collector periodicals of the Soviet Russia in the first half of the 1920s. During this period, all printed materials were either private or state-owned. …”
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Soviet Diplomatic Efforts to Prevent Hungary’s Alignment with Germany in World War II (1939– 1941) by V. F. Pryakhin

“…This period was defined by two primary factors: the Hungarian political elite, led by Miklós Horthy, sought to join a quasi-"crusade" against Comintern Soviet Russia, while simultaneously striving to avoid deep involvement in major conflicts between the great powers. …”
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Armed conflict in the Khalkhin-Gol region: issues of military justice by O. V. Grigoriev

“…The article is devoted to the study of problematic issues of the functioning of the military judicial bodies in Soviet Russia during the armed confrontation in Mongolia near the Khalkhin-Gol River, which lasted from spring to autumn 1939. …”
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